Combined shingling-gage and straight-edge.



H. E. HIGGlNS.

COMBINED SHINGLING GAGE AND STRAIGHT EDGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 13, [91"3.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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HERBERT E. HIGGINS,

OF CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE.

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COMBINED SHINGLING-GAGE AND STRAIGHT-EDGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed November 13, 1913. Serial No. 800,873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT E. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cape Elizabeth, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shingling-Gages and Straight-Edges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined shingling gage and straight edge. Its object is to provide a device of the character described which can be used without passing the attaching nails through the shingles at points exposed to the weather, which is adjustable longitudinally, and which is simple in construction and easily operable.

In the drawing herewith accompanying and forming a part of this application Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line wm of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the device in actual use.

Same reference characters indicate like parts in the several figures.

It consists of a thin U-shaped channel iron A on which extending transversely is mounted one or more gages B. The lower end of the gage is provided with a rule scale C and the upper end extends above the straight edge, as seen at D, and is provided in its upper end with a reentrant nail receiving recess E. The straight edge may be made in sections, one adapted to telescope relatively to the other. The gage and attaching device may be secured to the straight edge in any convenient manner. It may be provided with lips F adapted to extend down over the sides of the straight edge to prevent it from being accidentally displaced and at the same time permit it to slide lengthwise of the straight edge, as convenience requires including removal over the end thereof for convenience in shipping and storage when not in use.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: The straight edge is placed flat upon the shingles and adjusted properly relative to the last course laid by means of the rule scale. IVhen in proper position, nails are driven into the recesses E of the upper end of the gages until the heads of the nails press the gage firmly against the shingles with suflicient frictional force to prevent accidental displacement. When in position, the course of shingles is laid in the usual manner covering the upper ends of the gages including the nails, and when the course is completed, a slight tap of the ham mer on the shoulders G of the gages is sufficient to remove the device.

The advantages of my improved device are that it is adjustable, is readily placed in position and readily removed and leaves no nail holes in the weather exposed ends of the shingles.

Having thus its use, I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a straight edge and a gage mounted thereon in transverse relation thereto provided with a nail receiving slot extending into the upper end thereof.

2. In a device of the character described, a straight edge and a gage mounted thereon in transverse relation thereto and provided with a rule scale on its lower end and with a nail receiving slot extending into its up per end.

3. In a device of the character described, a straight edge, and a gage mounted thereon in transverse relation thereto, provided on its lower end with a rule scale and in its upper end with a nail receiving recess, said gage being adapted to be moved longitudinally of said straight edge.

HERBERT E. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

ELIZA U. VENICE, CHARLES L. Fos'rER.

described my invention and Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

